New Chongqing tourism data is released, how much do you know?

1. Chongqing received over 10 million tourists

The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival Golden Week officially came to an end today. The Chongqing Municipal Culture and Tourism Commission timely released news: During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays, Chongqing 253 A-level tourist attractions received 11.086 million tourists, a year-on-year recovery of 86.3%.

Considering the rigid rule that the maximum passenger capacity of the scenic spot can only receive 70% of the usual number, in fact, the number of tourists received by Chongqing's A-level scenic spots this year exceeded the same period last year.

The Bayi Road Food Street is crowded with tourists

Among them, the three most representative attractions in Chongqing include Hongya Cave, where bridges and roads were closed, and Ciqikou and Yangtze River Cableway received 506,000, 372,000 and 122,000 tourists respectively. There was significant year-on-year growth.

At the same time, red tourism has become the first choice for many families during the holidays. The 20 red tourism A-level scenic spots included in Chongqing's statistics received 517,000 tourists. Among them, Tongnan Yang Angong’s Hometown Scenic Area, Hongyan Revolution Memorial Hall, Geleshan Martyrs Cemetery, Kaizhou Comrade Liu Bocheng Memorial Hall, Marshal Nie Rongzhen Exhibition Hall, Jiangjin Chen Duxiu’s Former Residence Exhibition Hall, Youyang Nanyaojie Red Tourism Classic Scenic Spot, and Jiangjin Nie Rongzhen’s Former Residence have become holidays It is a popular red tourist attraction and receives 80.9% of the tourists in the city’s red tourist attractions.

Scene of the Chongqing Tourism Culture Festival

At the same time, outskirts in Chongqing, city periphery tours, rural ecological tours, and short-term self-driving tours have become hot spots for holiday tourism, and tourists have become more personalized and quality-oriented , There is a strong demand for experiential services, and citizens’ off-peak travel nearby has also made surrounding farmhouses, country hotels and B&Bs popular.

2. Retail sales in Chongqing’s main business districts are booming

Chongqing Municipal Commerce Commission released news: According to monitoring, during the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Chongqing’s main business districts and key monitored trading companies achieved retail sales 27.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%.

During the long holiday, sales in the six core business districts in Chongqing’s central urban area increased by 10.4% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of Guanyinqiao Commercial District increased by 30.6% year-on-year, the sales of Jiulongpo Commercial District increased by 16.4% year-on-year, and the sales of Jiefangbei Commercial District increased by 9.4% year-on-year; the sales of key monitored commercial enterprises increased by 8.5% year-on-year.

Consumers appreciate the beautiful night view of Chongqing

In addition, the colorful tourism formats such as scenic tours and suburban tours have attracted many citizens and tourists to check in, driving sales of the city's accommodation and catering industry Performance increased significantly. Data shows that during the long holiday, the sales of farmhouses monitored in Chongqing increased by 14.6% year-on-year. Among them, the sales of farmhouses in Tongnan District, Jiangjin District and Qianjiang District increased by 20.3%, 21.4% and 26.1% respectively year-on-year.

3. Rich performing arts support mountain city tourism

During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival, nine municipal art troupes in Chongqing held performances at Chongqing International Circus City, Cathay Arts Center, Kangjiantang Theater, Ten city theaters, including the Re-Enactment Times Art Center, Chongqing Sichuan Opera Art Center, Hongyadong Bayu Theater, Shancheng Folk Art Theater, and Shilou Small Theater, carried out "Magic City·Extreme Happy Show", "Shajiabang", and the symphony "Chongqing" Suite" and other performances 95 times, receiving an audience of more than 40,000 people.

Sichuan Opera performances

In addition to indoor performances, artists and actors also come to Yangjiaping Pedestrian Street, Yubei District Shin Kong Place and other business districts, and scenic spots such as Dazu Rock Carvings and Chongqing Industrial Museum to perform for citizens and tourists. There were 80 charity performances in various forms such as opera, acrobatics, folk arts, singing and dancing, and concerts, attracting more than 150,000 viewers.

During the long holiday, 36 films were released in ***, among which three films, "My Hometown and Me", "Jiang Ziya" and "Win the Championship", received enthusiastic market response and contributed most of the box office to the National Day schedule. According to statistics, during the National Day period in 2020, Chongqing screened 83,635 urban movies, with 2.5747 million viewers and a box office of 101 million yuan. The box office ranked second in the history of the National Day period, accounting for about 2.57% of the country.

4. The traffic volume on expressways during the long holiday is the same as that during the National Day holiday last year

During the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday this year, the cumulative traffic volume on Chongqing expressways reached 11.236 million vehicles, with an average of 1.4045 million vehicles per day. , an increase of 6.41% compared with this year's May Day holiday, and an increase of 56.58% compared with the average daily traffic volume on weekdays. Traffic flow was basically the same as last year’s National Day holiday.

Among them, on October 1, the vehicle traffic volume of Chongqing’s expressway network reached 1.816 million vehicles, an increase of 12.45% compared with the peak of a single day during the National Day holiday last year.

Having learned the real-time data of the beautiful mountain city during this Golden Week, do you think it will take the top spot in this ranking of tourist cities?